Mop holder



Marchlfi, 1954 M KELLEY 2,671,919

MOP HOLDER Filed March 17, 1951 I 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 INVENTOR.

BY iii ag? arch 16, 1954 M. F. KELLEY MOP HOLDER 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed March 17, 1951 KjN VEN TOR. @66 BY 2 I 7/ Patented Mar. 16, 1954 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE MOP HOLDER.

Mary Florence Kelley, Quincy, Mass.

Application March 17, 1951, Serial No, 216,165

1 Claim.

The present invention relates to improvements in cleaning implements, and more particularly to mop-holders or cleaning heads, designed for use in connection with mop members or mop cloths in the form of sleeves, having shirred ends.

One of the objects of the invention is to provide a mop-holder of the type mentioned which is simple in construction, efficient in operation, and capable of manufacture on a commercial scale or, in other words, one which is not so diflicult to produce so as to be beyond the reasonable cost of such an implement.

With these and other objects in view, which will more fully appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in the combination, arrangement and construction of parts hereinafter described, pointed out in the appended claims and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, it being understood that many changes may be made in the size and proportion of the several elements and details of construction within the scope of the appended claims, without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

One of the many possible embodiments of the invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a front elevation of the improved mop-holder;

Fig. 2 is a side elevation thereof;

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the mop member or mop element used on the holder forming the subject matter of the present invention;

Fig. 4 is a front elevation of the mop-holder having the mop element mounted thereon in the form in which the implement maybe used either as a cluster or as a floor mop;

Fig. 5 is a section taken on line 5-5 of Fig. 4;

Fig. 6 is a front elevation of the improved mopholder, the mop element being arranged on the same to be used for cleaning and brushing the ceiling and walls of an apartment, and for polishing surfaces;

Fig. 7 is a rear elevation of the implement illustrated in Fig. 6;

Fig. 8 is a section taken on line 8--8 of Fig. 6, on a larger scale; and

Fig. 9 is a view in elevation of a conventional broom having the mop member illustrated in Fig. 3 applied thereto, the mop member being partly broken away.

Referring now first to Figure 3 of the drawings, the numeral l0 indicates a mop cloth or genn um) erally a cleaning element, in the form of a sleeve of flexible material such as mops, dusters and the like are usually composed of. Both ends of the sleeve are shirred at H, elastic bands I2, arranged between thicknesses of the shirred ends of the sleeve, serving as shirrs. Expansion and contraction of the sleeve ends is thus provided for, for a purpose hereinafter to be described.

The mop-holder comprises a conventional handle 13 of any suitable material, for instance wood. The lower portion of this handle has a flat face I 4, to the outer end of which is attached a mop head 15. This head comprises a rigid plate member Hi of any suitable material, fitted into a cut-away portion 11 in the handle, so that the front face H] of the plate member is arranged in the plane of the flat face 14 of the handle. Screws l9 serve to attach the mop head to the handle. The heads of said screws are countersunk in the mop head, so that the latter presents smooth surfaces to the mop cloth and will not catch or tear the same. The plate member includes two sets of arms 20 and 2!, extending at right angles to the handle l3. The arms 20 are spaced a substantial distance from and run parallel to the arms 2|. The arms of each set project in opposite directions from that medial line of the plate member which is disposed in the longitudinal axis of the handle. In the embodiment of the invention illustrated in the drawings, the arms 20 are longer than the arms 2|, although this is not essential. However, for the proper operation of the implement the distance between the outer, free ends of each set of arms must exceed to a substantial extent the width of either shirred end of the mop cloth ID.

If the implement is to be used as a mop or duster, one of the shirred ends ll of the sleeve I0 is slipped over the lower set of arms, that is the arms 2!, of the plate member I6, the said shirred end being for this purpose first expanded, to permit entry of said arms into the sleeve, and then permitted to contract, whereby the mop cloth is firmly held on the mop head in the position shown in Figs. 4 and 5 of the drawings. It will be apparent that the connection between the mop cloth and the mop head is secure and. that the parts will not become disarranged when the device is in use, although they may be easily separated when this is desired. In the positions of the elements illustrated in Figs. 4 and 5 of the drawings, the implement may be used either as a duster or as a mop, either dry or wet.

To convert the implement from the mop shown in Figs. 4 and 5 into a device for cleaning and 3 brushing the ceiling and walls of a room, the door frames and window frames, etc., or for polishing surfaces, the lower, loose portion of the sleeve I0, denoted by the numeral 22 in Figs. 4 and 5 of the drawings, is folded back onto the rear surface 23 of the plate member [6, the shirred end ll engaged with the handle 13 and then the said shirred end expanded, in which condition the arms 20 are inserted into the sleeves and the said end allowed to contract. In these positions of the elements, as shown in Figs. 6 to 8, inclusive, of the drawings, parts of the shirred end ll of the sleeve are located on the front face [8 of the plate member I6 and other parts of said shirred end abut against the rear surface 23 of said plate member and the adjoining portion of the handle 13, firmly securing the elements in the positions shown in Figs. 6 to 8, inclusive, of the drawings, the implement being thus ready to be used for cleaning and brushing walls, ceilings, etc., or for polishing surfaces. The lower section of the handle is flattened at 14 and the front face of the mop head is arranged in the plane of the fiat face [4 of the handle to permit the mop cloth to he brought very close to the surface to be cleaned.

As appears from the foregoing, the mop material can be readily and conveniently removed from the mop head, for instance, when it is desired to launder the same or if it is to be replaced by a fresh one.

The mop member may be conveniently applied to a conventional broom head 24, as shown in Fig. 9 of the drawings, the broom serving then as a polishing, dusting or mopping instrument without liability of injury to the surfaces to be treated.

What I claim is:

A mop-holder comprising a handle, a mop head attached to the lower end thereof, said head being in the form of a plate member having one of its medial lines disposed in parallel relation to the longitudinal axis of said handle and including two sets of arms extending at right angles to said handle, the arms of one set running parallel to the arms of the other set and the latter being spaced a substantial distance from the former set by a strip located in the above-mentioned medial line, the arms of each set projecting in opposite directions from said medial line and each set of arms including mop-retaining edges which extend substantially at right angles to said medial line.

MARY FLORENCE KELLEY. 

